单词 | to turn the trick |
释义 | > as lemmasto turn the trick P2. to do the trick, to accomplish one's purpose, do what is wanted; also (chiefly U.S.) to turn the trick. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > efficacy > be efficacious [verb (intransitive)] workOE availa1400 makea1400 prevaila1400 to hit the nail upon (or on) the headc1450 effect1592 serve1593 to tickle it1601 take1611 executea1627 to have force (to do)1713 answer1721 to take place1789 to do the trick1819 to hit (also go to, touch, etc.) the spot1836 produce1881 to press (also push) the button1890 to come through1906 to turn the trick1933 to make a (also the) point1991 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 220 Do the Trick. 1823 P. Egan Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (rev. ed.) Do the trick, to accomplish any robbery, or other business successfully;..a man who has imprudently involved himself in some great misfortune, from which there is little hope of extrication, is declared by his friends..to have done the trick for himself. 1872 Punch 9 Nov. 196/1 Pail of whitewash and box o' paints will do the trick. 1873 A. Trollope Eustace Diamonds II. xxxvii. 134 Then the boy was done with and was carried away. She had played that card, and had turned her trick.] 1895 G. Meredith Amazing Marriage I. xv. 171 I've brought him safe;..He'll do the trick to-day. 1933 Sun (Baltimore) 20 Apr. 10/3 It is our hope and prayer that Mr. Farley may turn the trick. We should be glad to see any administrator make a go of the postal service. 1942 R.A.F. Jrnl. 3 Oct. 24 But it was the Old Man who really turned the trick. 1960 I. Wallach Absence of Cello 230 It takes many years to live without a deliberate confusion about anyone's wants, including our own. Some people never turn the trick. 1976 Springfield (Mass.) Daily News 22 Apr. 39/2 A couple of American college products turned the trick for the Whalers. North Dakota graduate Alan Hangsleben and New Hampshire alumnus Cap Raeder shared the hero's role in the triumph. < as lemmas |
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